GOP Tax Saint Norquist Takes On Defense Spending; DoD Dough Does Not Create Jobs

UPDATED: Deleted Comment We Wrongly Attributed to Norquist That Came From Cato Website. WASHINGTON: That anguished sound you hear is the gnashing of teeth and grumbling among defense Republicans in reaction to comments today about the defense budget by Grover Norquist, he of the unbreakable pledge signed by most Republicans to never raise taxes. “Conservatives…

Delay Sequestration By Six Months; ‘We Need To Know What We’re Doing,’ Sez Sen. Feinstein

CAPITOL HILL [updated 12:40 with Feinstein, Inouye remarks and results of amendment vote]: Sequestration drama roiled an otherwise pro forma mark-up of the Senate’s defense appropriations bill this morning, with a precious flicker of bipartisanship over the need to avert the sequester soon overtaken by disagreement over the legalities of layoff notices. If the automatic…

Grover Norquist On Missile Defense

Grover Norquist & co weigh in on arcana of missile defense – http://bit.ly/IjkBU3 SydneyFreedberg